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Taiwan and the UNFCCC: A Modest Proposal
- Analysis
- November 14, 2011
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered force in 1994 and has been ratified by almost all countries, is the leading international institution working on climate change. The Conference of the Parties (COP) supervises implementation of the UNFCCC. To date, the Convention’s major achievement is the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to limit
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R2P after Libya: A Cause Only the Morally Naïve Can Support?
- Analysis
- November 11, 2011
Contrarianism is always useful for making a splashy headline—and it was perhaps that impulse that led journalist and author David Rieff to publish a New York Times op-ed this week with the ominous title “R2P, R.I.P.”. “At first glance,” he writes “the intervention in Libya looks like a textbook case of how the new U.N.
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The Scale of Sacrifice: Canadian Military Deaths in Five Wars (chart)
- Report
- November 11, 2011
Lest we forget…
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The Rhetoric and Reality of Attacking Tehran
- Analysis
- November 11, 2011
Published on November 11, 2011 in the Globe and Mail. The latest United Nations report on Iran’s nuclear program has further raised tensions. While the report was notable for its candour, it carefully avoided making definitive statements on two critical issues: whether Iran has actually decided to build a bomb, or is merely content with
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